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postgnathal

postgnathal adjective: posterior to the jaw.

Adjective

postgnathal (not comparable)

  1. Posterior to the jaw.

Origin of postgnathal

post- + gnathal

Questions about postgnathal

What does postgnathal mean?
Postgnathal means posterior to the jaw.
What part of speech is postgnathal?
Postgnathal is an adjective.

Words near postgnathal in the dictionary

  1. postglossators
  2. postglottalize
  3. postglottalized
  4. postglottalizes
  5. postglottalizing
  6. postgnathal
  7. postgolf
  8. postgonite
  9. postgonites
  10. postgonopodal
  11. postgonorrheic

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